Rookie Smarts Quotes

“failure is not an outcome, but involves a lack of trying—not stretching yourself far enough out of your comfort zone and attempting to be more than you were the day before.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“so many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Rookie smarts isn’t an age or an experience level; it is state of mind—one that is available to those willing to unlearn and relearn. It is also a choice. As”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“It is while striving that we feel joyful and most alive. Stanley”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“New discoveries are not made by staying at home. New territories are not found by taking the freeway. To make new discoveries, we have to leave the well-worn paths. We”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Rookie assignments create learning windows; hence they make good targets for your training and development investments.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“To generate a big impact, pair someone who wants to change the world with someone who already knows how the world works.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“When leaders offer a right-size challenge, people contribute quickly, build confidence, and are readied for bigger challenges.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Rookies need managers who know when to rein them in and when to unleash them, and they need to be placed in an environment conducive to learning and insight. Indeed,”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Sometimes we need to let go of what we know so we can be surprised by what we don’t know. Perpetual”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“In times of tumult and transition the best leaders know when it is time to stop, unlearn, and relearn.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“amazing things can happen when we admit that we don’t know.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Certainty is one of the weakest positions in life. Curiosity is one of the most powerful. Certainty prohibits learning, curiosity fuels change.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Those willing to leave the comfort zone of their expertise have the opportunity to climb a learning curve, forge new ground, and reap the promise of growth. As”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“And, if experienced managers are truly smart, they will ensure that they, too, are receiving the same sorts of feedback to help them optimize their own performance.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Smart managers need to make sure rookies have a regular stream of feedback and information to help them calibrate their performance and the connection points to stay on track. And,”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“When you let others coach you, you learn fast.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Most people never ask. And that’s what separates sometimes the people that do things from the people that just dream about them.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“As Epictetus said centuries ago, “It is impossible to begin to learn what one thinks one already knows.” This”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Aware of his own lack of knowledge, the rookie embarks on a desperate, focused, diligent search, hunting for experts who can teach him and guide his way.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Not knowing perceived limits enables rookies to score more often, and it also allows them to score bigger gains.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Sometimes the less you know, the more you can see. Driving”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“As we become accustomed to the trappings of success, we begin to defend our position and protect our stance. Resource”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“The best leaders understand that the joy of work is in the striving, not in arriving at the top of a ladder.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“Learning how to pivot between savvy veteran in some situations to rookie in others gives you the agility to climb new mountains and see new vistas.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“What we know might actually mask what we don’t know and impede our ability to learn and perform. All”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“What man actually needs is not some tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts (Enhanced Edition): Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“When the world is changing quickly, experience can become a curse, trapping us in old ways of doing and knowing, while inexperience can be a blessing, freeing us to improvise and adapt quickly to changing circumstances.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts (Enhanced Edition): Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“David Foster Wallace articulated so vividly in this admission: “Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts (Enhanced Edition): Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth

“                  The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.1”
― Liz Wiseman, Rookie Smarts (Enhanced Edition): Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work – An Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsolescence Through Continuous Growth